Exerciser



July 14, 1 92s.

C. T. STEVENS ET AL EXERCISER Fi led Nov. 27, 1922 Patented July 14,1925.

UNITED STATES PAT NT- FFICE.

CHARLES T. STEVENS AND EDWIN s. DELAPLANE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AS-

SIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To ATHLETIC HEALTH cIIAIR COMPANY, OF

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPO ATION OF MISSOURI.

V XEROISER.

Application filed November 27, 1922. Serial NO. 603,568.

r i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatwe, CHARLES ;T. STEVENS. and EDWIN S. DELAPLANE,citizens of the United States, residing at the city of St,

Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invent-t ed certain new and usefulImprovements in Exercisers, of which the following is a specification. II V This invention is an improvement of the subject-matter of the patentof William E.

Lauer for exerciser filed August 18, 1921,

thereover.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich like numbersof reference denote like parts wherever they occur, v

Figure 1 is a side elevation of this device when arranged to be used asan exerciser;

the said Lauer patent,thisdevice is more or less in the way in small;apartments, and in the plain form shown in the said Lauerv patent, maybe so unornamental as to beunwelcome in the ordinary living rooms of ahome. The principal object of the present invention is to provide theLauer apparatus with an ornamental, form, so that it can be kept in anyliving room, and also so to construct that device that it will be usefulas aohair when not in use as an exerciser.

in the necessary alteration of structure to accomplish the aforesaidpurposes and in beautiful and ornamental piece of furniture this deviceare formed,

having all the appearance of a high-class cha1r,1the alternative use ofwhich can not be detected form a front view of the chair and which canhardly be suspected from a side view thereof and which can be clearlyperceived only from a rear View or from seemg-the device la d down as anexerciser in the manner shown in Figure l,

The base 1 constituts the chair backlf The legs 2 -extend therefrom; andare preferably integral therewith. Patent 1,456,317. It is to beunderstood that the device herein shown and described 7 As best seeninFigure l, a groove 3 is formed In each side of each leg2, thus forming.a tenon4, adapted to fit within a channel iron 5 having fianges 6. Thechannelirons 5 are slidable on tenons 4 andithusform tiltresistingextensions inthemanner shown in Figure 1. When a personrising thisdeviceas anexerciser is "seated upon seat 25 and exercising with his toes,held by the toehold 7,

he can bend hisheadback to the floor near theextensions 5 and return toan upright posltlon without dangerof tilting the base 1 in eitherdirection. Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof when I For adjustmentthe toehold 7 will preferably be formed with tongue and buckle 8 Or thelike, the said toehold7 being comprised preferably of astrap orgband,which-is removable after the device has been used as an exerciser, sothat its appearance. will not be marred when standing erect like achair, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. For the same reason the holders-9are placed upon the back Of the chairback or base .1, so that theywillbe out of sight when the device is standing or to beused as a chair. Theholders 9? are for the reception of the toehold 7. V

The rings 10 and elastic or. spring cords 11 are mounted by eyelets 12on the back of the chairback or base 1, so as to be out of sight whennot in use, the rings 10 being held by v hooks 13. The rings 10 andcords ll'can be Further features of invention are found used when thechair is in the position shown in Figures Qand 3 as an exercising pullcord apparatus or,1f desired, can be used by'the exerciser when thedevice is in the position shown in Figure 1.

The holders or irons 9 are in a part of the I chairb-aok 1, forming acountersink 1 L relative to the: knobs 15 and the projections 16,

This enables the device to lie flat uponthe' floor as shown in Figure 1.There is a plurality of pairs of holders 9,'so that toehold 7 can beadjusted in its position relative to the seat 6 that is-to'say forpeople having longer or shorter legs.

The seat 25 is formed with cleats 17. adapt ved tofit Within, a groove18 either in the seatfframe 19 01 inthe front of thelegs 20, thusserving a double purpose.

Grooves 21 of an ornamental character in the front of legs allow seat to'be used and; fixed;

thereon in the manner shown in Figure 1. Ornamental round 22' serves asa brace, and rnamentalrounds 23 serve as braces in Flg- I uresi2 and3and -as'supports in Figure 1*,

tensible{tilt-resisting means carried by the flowerend of thechainbackadapted for use Having thus described thisinvention, we

hereby reserve the benefit of all-changesinx a form, arrangement,orderyor, use of parts, as it is evident that many minor changes"-"may-be -mad'e' therein without departingfrom the spiritof thisinvention or the scope of the following.-;'claiins;

We clairnz;

1. An exercising apparatus comprising a base convertible into a:chairback -.a seat support adaptedto selectively hold a seat in planestransverse to each other, and exwhen the device is laid on itsbase foruse construction' of a chairhaving a; back-andasanexerci'singapparatusi. 2, An exercislng apparatus;embodying'theslid'able tilt-resistingmeans; connected with c-iser, andfla toe holdattached, to said base I the lower end of-the chair-back-'adapted foruse whenthe device is-laid on its base for-use as an exercisingapparatus.

3. An exercising apparatus embodying a *base convertible'into' achairback and slidable tilt-resisting means connected to the lower endof thechair back and extended therefromwhen the chair back ishorizontallypositioned asthe-base of-the exeradapted to function whenthedevice is used as an exercising apparatus- 4; Anexercising'apparatuszembodying a base-convertible into a chairback, anda1 1 slidabletilt resist-ing'means connected'ito the lower-endof'thechair back and'extended ci'ser,atoehold attached to said'baseadapt-- ed to function when the device is-used a's an;

- side of saidbase.

- 5: An exercising apparatus embodylng a therefrom when the; chairbackis horizontally positioned asthebase of the: exerexerci'sing: apparatusand holders for the said toe hold mountedon the underneathbase'convertibleinto a, chair back;wa11d a slidable tilt resisting meansconnected to the lower end of the chjair'back and extended therefromwhenthe chair back is horizontallypositioned as the base of the exerciser, atoe hold attachedto-saidbaseadapt ed'to-function when the device-is usedas an exercising apparatus and holders for the "said toe hold mounted-onthe underneath side of said base, there being a countersunk portion inthe said base in which the holders are located to permit flat engagementof the base with a floor support.

6. An exercising apparatus embodying a base convertible intov a chairback ,"and'slidable tilt resisting means connected to the lower end ofthe chair back and extended therefrom when the chair back ishorizontally positioned as the base of the exerciser,

the-saidi slidable tilt resisting means being in the form of a channeliron having inturned flanges and tenons onthe said base upon whichthesame are adapted to slide.

7; exercising apparatus adapted to serve as a chairwhen standingvert1caland asa horizontal exerciser when in'the hori' zontal posit-ionand having in its front grooves (and on the upperpart" of its 2seatsupporting frame other grooves and a seat adapted to fit intoeitherset ofgrooves.

- '8; A combination chair and exerciser in which'the chair backforms-thebase ofthe exerciser when the chair is laid on its back, andcontains within it extensible tilt-resisting means adapted foruse whenthe device is laid onits back as an exerciser.

9. A combination chair and exerciser; in which the-back of-the' chair isthe base of the exerciser when the chair is laid on its a back andextensible tilt resisting means slid- -ably associated with one endofthe base of the exerciser adapted for use when the chair is laid onits back for use as an-exerciser.

10, A combined chair and exercising apparatus-including a base fortheexercising apparatus constitutingtheback of the chair,

right position, a seat, "said seat -support,-

front legs-and seat being cooperatively constructed forselectivelymounting the seat on the seat support orfront legs when thedevice is positioned upriglitasa chair or the chairback ishorizontallypositioned as the base ofthe'exercising apparatus, and tiltresisting means slidably carried by the base adjacent the-chair endthereof;

12. A combined chair-andexercising apparatus including a'base for theexercising apparatus constituting the back of the chair, a: seat supportand front legs cooperating With-the back to support the" chair inuprightposition, a seat, saidseat support, front legs and seat beingcooperatively c0nstructed for selectively mounting the seat on the seatsupport or front legs when the device is positioned upright as a chairor the chair back is horizontally positioned as the base of theexercising apparatus, tilt resisting means slidably carried by the baseadjacent the, chair end thereof, said base having cutaway poi'tions'onits lower side 1 and a toehold secured at its ends in thecutaway-portions of the base.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures.

CHARLES T. STEVENS. -EDWIN S. DELAPLANE.

